Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith has been
named Small Business of the Month by the
Birmingham Business Alliance.

ILLINOIS

Crowe Horwath LLP, Oak Brook, has con-tributed $81,250 of its total $325,000 com-mitment to the Accounting Doctoral ScholarsProgram of the AICPA Foundation, whichprovides funding for up to 30 new Ph.D can-didates each year. For more about the pro-gram, contact adsprogram@aicpa.org or(919) 402-4524 or visit www.adsphd.org.

NEW JERSEY

Cowan, Gunteski & Co. PA, Toms River, has
been named one of the Best Places to Work
in New Jersey in the Medium Category by
NJBiz.

NEW YORK

KPMG LLP, New York, has joined the HP
Agility Alliance, to combine the firm’s business advisory capabilities with HP’s technology expertise.

OHIO

SS&G has been named one of the Best Em-ployers in Ohio for the fifth consecutive yearin the Large Company Category by the OhioChamber of Commerce and the Society forHuman Resource Management.

PENNSYLVANIA

ParenteBeard LLC, Philadelphia, has
launched its new brand, complete with a new
logo, new brand statement — “Confidence
through Clarity” — a comprehensive marketing and communications program, and a new
Web site, at www.parentebeard.com.

a councilman of the Borough of Eatontown.
... Carolyn J. D’Anna and Sharon Gordon,
partners at J.H. Cohn LLP, have been accepted as members of Executive Women of
New Jersey.

People

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NEW YORK

The New York State Society of CPAs has
inducted the late Eli Mason into its Hall of
Fame. Among many other accomplishments,
Mason, who died last August, served as the
society’s president in 1972-1973. ... Karin A.
McKittrick has joined the New York office of
cbiz MHM as a business development manager. ... Linda Marcus has been named chief
financial officer of Gettry Marcus Stern &
Lehrer CPA PC, New York City and Woodbury. She joined the firm in 2004 as controller. ... Ron More has joined the New York City
office of Marcum LLP as managing director
in the Advisory Services Division. ... Richard
A. Mills, an officer at Israeloff, Trattner &
Co. CPAs PC, Garden City, has been elected
treasurer of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Coalition Against
Child Abuse & Neglect. ... Michele B. Amato, quality review partner at Friedman LLP,
New York City, has been appointed vice chair
of the SEC Practice Committee of the New
York State Society of CPAs. ... Michael L.
McNee, partner-in-charge of the nonprofit
and government services practice of Marks
Paneth & Shron LLP, has been named partner-in-charge of the firm’s Westchester office,
in Tarrytown.

NORTH CAROLINA

Paul Fedorkowicz, a partner-in-charge atCherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP, Raleigh,has been appointed to the 2010 Board of Di-rectors of the International Affairs Council,while partner Michelle Thompson has beenappointed treasurer for the Research TriangleChapter of the National Funding Associa-tion. ... Shannon Cook, director of humanresources at Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP,Raleigh, has earned the Senior Professionalin Human Resources credential from the HRCertification Institute. ... Yvette Fruscianteand Herman Goins have been admitted asmembers at Breslow Starling, Greensboro.

OHIO

Kristine Woodcock, Tara Painting and
Joanne Upton have joined SS&G Healthcare
Services LLC, Akron, as billing specialists. ...
Michael R. Hanagan and Mike J. Aamodt
have joined Brady Ware, Dayton, as team
accountants. ... Skoda Minotti, Cleveland,
announced three new hires: Mike Fairbanks
has joined the firm as a telecommunications
and network engineer, Donna Marko as a financial planning assistant, and Scott Foos as
a helpdesk technician

PENNSYLVANIA

Thomas N. Graney Jr. has joined Herbein +Co. Inc., Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Read-ing, as an advanced staff accountant. Thefirm also announced a number of promo-tions: Bryanna L. Fredericks and RobertS. Stoczko have been promoted to senioraccountant; Joshua A. Pollet, Roxanne N.Adam and Derek M. Rabold to supervisor;Christopher M. Turtell to manager; and JimH. Nehr and Carolyn BryNildsen to seniormanager. In addition, Stoczko, Pollet, StacyA. Eisenhower, Cory D. Eisenhofer, DelliseO. Rivera, Matthew A. Flamisch, Kristen L.Lawrence and Megan N. Neff have all passedthe CPA Exam, and firm partner and chiefoperating officer Michael J. Rowley has beenappointed to the Board of Directors of PKFNorth America for 2010. ... Staff accountantJonathan Clark and senior accountant Jus-tin Martin, of Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP,Wyomissing, have passed the CPA Exam. ...Terry Silver, a partner with Citrin Cooper-man & Co. LLP, Philadelphia, has earned theCertified in Financial Forensics credentialfrom the AICPA. ... John I. Leatherman hasjoined Dunlap & Associates PC, Chalfont,as a supervising senior accountant in theAudit Services Department, while the firm’sAaron M. Good has received his CPA license.... Cathleen Condrac has joined SchneiderDowns, Pittsburgh, as a manager in the stateand local tax practice.

TENNESSEE

Amanda B. White has joined LBMC Employment Partners LLC, Nashville, as a human
resources assistant, while Richard L. Moult-on has joined LBMC Technologies LLC as a
business intelligence consultant.

TEXAS

Eric Barnes has been promoted to audit
manager at GBH CPAs PC, Houston. ... Jeff
Labay has been promoted to audit manager
at MaloneBailey LLP, Houston. ... Sanford,
Baumeister & Frazier PLLC, Houston, announced a number of new hires: Emily
Adams has joined the firm as a senior tax
manager; Megan Terrell as an audit senior;
Ashley Shedden as director of client relations; Denise Fisher as office coordinator;
and Eddie Goodreau as a part-time tax associate. In addition, Kim Danek was promoted to tax associate. Carol Brizzolara,
“PK” Bhola, and Michael Wilson also joined
the firm as interns. ... Edward Hlousek has
joined McConnell & Jones LLP, Houston,
as leader of its SEC audit practice and its Oil
& Gas Industry Group. ... Ronald K. Martin
has been named chief operating officer for
the Texas practice of UHY Advisors, while
Leigh-Anne Levinski has been named business development manager of the forensic,
litigation and valuation services practice, and
Eric Self has been named Texas Tax Department head. ... Loretta Cross, corporate advisory and restructuring services managing
partner at Grant Thornton LLP, has been
named one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas for 2010 by the Texas
Diversity Council.